Scientific Atlanta Explorer HDTV Setup Wizard User manual

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Explorer®HDTV Setup Wizard
User’s Guide
In This Guide
Introducing the Setup Wizard ................................ 2
Picture Formats....................................................... 3
Setting Up Your HDTV With the Setup Wizard ..... 7
Easy Setup Instructions ......................................... 11
Advanced Setup Instructions ................................ 12
Changing the Settings While Watching TV........... 13
Closed Captioning.................................................. 16

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Introducing the Setup Wizard
IntroducingtheSetupWizard
Beforeyoubegin to set up your HDTV,youmaywantto have available the users
guidethatcame with your HDTV for reference.
Before You Begin
What Is the Setup
Wizard? TheExplorer HDTV Setup Wizardis an on-screen programthat helps you setup
yourhigh-definitionTV(HDTV)toreceivethebestpicturequalitythattheHDTV
supports.The Setup Wizard is currently availableonselect Explorer®Digital
HomeCommunicationsTerminalset-topmodels.
If the HDTV is connected to the DVI port on the back of the set-top, it may not be
necessaryto use the Setup Wizard. TV programs coming in through theDVI
portofthe HDTV are automatically adjusted if the broadcastedformatis
supported by the HDTV. If the format is not supported, use the Setup Wizard.
Notes:
• The analog Y, Pb, Pr ports become inactive when the HDTV is
connected to the DVI port.
Is It Necessary To
Use the Setup
Wizard?
If theHDTV isconnectedto the composite port onthebackof the set-top, itis not
necessary to use the Setup Wizard. Broadcasts coming in through the composite
portautomaticallyadjust to the picture size andformatssupportedbytheHDTV.
It depends on how the HDTV is connected to the set-top. If the Y, Pb, Pr ports on
theback of the set-top are connectedtoone of the video ports on the HDTV, you
shoulduse the Setup Wizard toensure that your HDTV receivesthe best picture
qualitythat it supports. Note:Makeanoteofwhichvideoinputport the set-top is
connecttoonthe HDTV. For example: Videoinputport 6.
• If the HDTV is connected
to the DVI port on the
back of the set-top and
you see this DVI alert on
the screen, it means that
the HDTV and the set-top
are not compatible. If this
occurs, reconnect the
set-top to the Y, Pb, Pr
ports on the set-top.

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What is the
Difference Between
a Standard Screen
and a Wide Screen?
The type of screen your HDTV has (wide screen or standard screen)
determines how the set-top displays programs on the screen. The picture
format for an HDTV is a combination of aspect ratio and screen resolution
and is different for standard-screen and wide-screen HDTVs.
A standard-screen HDTV has a
4:3 aspect ratio. The screen is 4
units wide for every 3 units tall.
A wide-screen HDTV is one-third
wider than a standard-screen
HDTV. The screen is 16 units
wide for every 9 units tall.
An aspect ratio is the ratio of the width to the height of the TV screen. The
aspect ratios differ because the television industry manufactures both
standard-screen and wide-screen HDTVs to appeal to consumer viewing
preferences.
What IsAn Aspect
Ratio?
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Screen Resolution:
480por480i
fills the screen
——— 4 ———
3
———— 16 ————
9
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Screen Resolution:
720por1080i
fills the screen
Picture Formats
PictureFormats

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The interlaced method
involves refreshing pixels
in alternation—first the
odd lines and then the
even lines.
With the progressive
method, every pixel on
the screen is refreshed
simultaneously.
Picture Formats
What is the Screen
Resolution? The screen resolution indicates the amount of detail that the picture displays.
Resolution is identified by the number of display lines on the screen. The
techniques that an HDTV uses to “paint” the picture on the screen are referred
to as progressiveand interlaced.
For example, a resolution of 1080i indicates that the screen shows 1080
lines in an interlaced display, and 480p means that the screen shows 480
lines in a progressive display.
Note: The screen resolution (1080i, 480p, etc.) is sometimes referred to as
the scan rate. The terms are interchangeable.

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Automaticallydisplay in this manner:
Standard-Screen HDTVs
On a standard HDTV, these picture
formats:
Picture Formats
480por 480i standard Full screen format
720por1080iwide Letterboxformat
The type of screen your HDTV has determines how the set-top displays
programs on the screen. The following examples show how programs will look
when the picture format is set to Normal mode (not Stretch or Zoom modes).
How Do I
Know Which
Picture Format
To Choose?

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Picture Formats
Automaticallydisplay in this manner:
Wide-Screen HDTVs
On a wide screen HDTV, these picture
formats:
480por480istandard Pillarboxformat
720por1080iwide Fullscreen format

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Before you begin to set up your HDTV using the Setup Wizard, there are two
things you need to do:
• Download the latest information to the set-top. (You only need to do this
for the initial setup. After the initial set up, programming information is
downloaded to the set-top automatically on a regular basis.)
• Prepare the set-top to send picture formats that your HDTV supports.
Assuming that you have connected the Y, Pb, Pr ports on the back of the
set-top to one of the video ports on the HDTV, complete the following steps
to download latest software, programming, and service information to the
set-top. (Be sure you have made a note of which video input port the set-top
is connected to on the HDTV. For example: Video input port 6.)
Note: You only need to do this for the initial setup.
1. Plug the set-top and the TV into an AC power source.
2. Do not turn on the set-top or TV yet.
3. Wait until you see one of the following displays on the front of the
set-top:
• Current time
• Four dashes (- - - -)
Important: It may take several minutes for the set-top to receive the latest
software, programming, and service information. When the front panel
displays the time or four dashes, the update is complete.
4. STOP! Before you turn on the TV or the set-top, you should have read the
information in the Picture Formats section, earlier in this guide.
Setting Up Your HDTV With the Setup Wizard
Download the
Latest
Programming
Information to the
Set-Top
Setting Up Your HDTV With the Setup Wizard

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If your HDTV displays a black screen when you turn it on, the set-top may be
sending a picture format that your HDTV does not support. Prepare the
set-top to send all picture formats that your HDTV supports. Later, while
watching TV, you will be able to toggle among the different settings to select
the format that provides the best picture quality for the program you are
watching.
1. Refer to the user’s guide that came with your HDTV to find the picture
formats that your HDTV supports.
2. If the set-top is turned off, press the Power key to turn it on.
3. On the front of the set-top, press and hold the Select button until the
MessageLightblinks.
4. Then, press the Vol— key to indicate that you want to select a picture
format setting. The LED display shows HdSr to indicate that the set-top
is in the Picture Format mode for HDTV settings.
5. In the following table, find each of the picture formats that your HDTV
supports. Then, press the corresponding buttons on the front panel of
the set-top.
Note: If 1080i is one of the settings that your HDTV supports, we suggest
you select it last. Then, when you turn on the TV to use the Setup Wizard,
the picture format will be 1080i.
Complete these steps to prepare the set-top to deliver programming in the
picture format settings that your HDTV supports.
Important: Before you start, read these instructions carefully. When you get
to step 5 you have 20 seconds to begin selecting picture format settings.
After 20 seconds, the set-top is no longer in the Picture Format mode. If this
occurs, repeat this process, starting at step 2.
Prepare the
Set-Top to Send
Picture Formats
That Your HDTV
Supports
To select this
picture format: Press this button on the
Front Panel:
The set-top
briefly
displays:
And then
briefly
displays:
CH+
VOL–
CH–
VOL+
480i
720p
480p
1080i
SEt
SEt
SEt
SEt
480i
720p
480p
1080
Setting Up Your HDTV With the Setup Wizard

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Setting Up Your HDTV With the Setup Wizard
How Do I Start the
Setup Wizard?
Note: Use the , , keys on the remote control to navigate through
the Setup Wizard menus and options. You may want to have available the
user’s guide that came with your HDTV for reference.
Is There More
Than One
Setup Option?
Yes. The Setup Wizard provides two options for selecting your screen type:
• If you choose the Easy option, the Setup Wizard automatically sets up the
HDTV to receive programming in 1080i and 480i format.
• If you choose the Advanced option, you can toggle through all the picture
formats and select the formats that look best on the HDTV screen.

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1. Press to start the set up.
2. Choose one of the following options:
• To choose the Easy Setup option
press ; then, go to the Easy
Setup Instructions on page 11.
• To choose the Advanced Setup
option press ; then go to the
Advanced Setup Instructions,
on page 12.
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EasySetupInstructions
Easy Setup Instructions
1. Press or to select the type of
TV screen you have.
2. Press Power to begin watching TV.
Notes:
• If you pressed , the setup is
complete. The TV is set to
receive programming in 1080i
format.
• If you pressed , the setup is
complete. The TV is set to receive
programming in 1080i and 480i
format.

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Advanced Setup Instructions
AdvancedSetupInstructions
4. After saving the picture formats,
press EXIT. The setup is complete.
5. Press POWER to begin watching
TV.
3. Press SELECT to toggle between
theSave and Remove options,
or press to see how the next
format looks on your TV screen.
Important: Ifyou see a black screen,
press again to view the next
screen. Do not press SELECT. The
black screen means that your TV
doesnotsupportthatparticularformat,
soyou do not want to selectit.
2. Press to see how various
formats look on your TV screen.
1. Press or to choose the type
of TV screen you have.

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Changing the Settings While Watching TV
Press the #key on the remote control to toggle through the picture size options
(Normal, Stretch, and Zoom) while in fixed mode, or press the #key to toggle
through the picture format options (SD Normal and HD Zoom) while in pass-
through mode. (See the Changing the Settings While Watching TV section on
the next page for more information about the pass-through mode.) Notice as you
toggle from one format to another that the scan rate (1080i, 480i, etc.) appears
briefly in the bottom right corner of the screen.
How Do I Change
the Picture Size?
Some channels are high definition (HD) and some are not. To maximize viewing
of non-HD channels, you can toggle between an HD scan rate (either 1080i or
720p) and a standard definition scan rate (either 480i or 480p).
Wide-Screen HDTV:
maximize viewing of any
channel.
Standard-Screen HDTV:
maximizeviewing on
non-HDchannels.
Note: HD channel
programs automatically
filltheentire HDTV
screen.
ChangingtheSettings While WatchingTV

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Changing the Settings While Watching TV
How Can I Change
How the Picture
Looks On My TV?
Pass-Through—This option providesa built-in convenience factor. Theset-top
attempts to convert the signal of an incoming program to the best picture format
for your HDTV screen. However, if you have not selected all the screen resolu-
tions that are available, the screen resolution defaults to the best selection
available based the selections you made in the HDTV Setup Wizard.
Upconvert 1 and Upconvert 2—The operation of these two options is similar
to that of the Pass-Through option. See the Display Formats For Digital
Sources table on the next page.
Auto DVI—Ifyour HDTV is connectedthrough the DVI port, you will seethis
option and not the Pass-Through option. Incoming programming is
automatically formatted to the scan rate supported by your HDTV.
1. Press Settings to access the Quick
Settings menu.
2. Scroll to Picture Format or Picture
Size. (You will only see the Picture Size
if the Set Picture Format is set to
Pass-Through in the General Settings
menu.)
How Can I Change
the Picture Settings
If There Is Not a #
Key On the Remote
Control?
3. Press or to view the options.
4. As you scroll through the options, notice how the picture on the screen
changes.
5. Select the picture size and/or format of your choice.
Press Settings twiceto display the General
Settings menu. Then, choose
oneof the following options.
Fixed—The screen resolution you
selected from the Setup Wizard can be
seen in the Quick Settings menu. The
screen resolution remains the same
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Thefollowing table illustrates therelationship between the formatoption you
chose, the signal the set-top receives, and how the picture is displayed on the
TV screen.
If you chose this
picture format
option:
When the set-top
receives this type
of signal:
The picture is
displayed on the
HDTV screen in
this format:
Display Formats
For Digital Sources
Upconvert 1
480i/ 480p
720p/1080i
Upconvert 2
Fixed All formats
1080i,720p,
480i, 480p
(Dependingon your
selections made in the
Setup Wizard and
Quick Settings menu)
480i
480p
720p
1080i
Pass-Through
480i
480p
720p
1080i
480p
720p
480i/ 480p
720p/1080i 480p 1080i
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Closed Captioning
Several companies (sources) provide closed-captioning service to
television networks and production companies for standard (analog) and
digital programming.
Closed-Captioning Sources for Standard (Analog) Programming
• Std CC1 is the primary caption service for non-digital programming.
• Std CC2 through Std CC4 are text services that may contain different
information,includingalternate languages.
• T1 through T4 are text services that may also provide additional
information from the closed-caption provider.
Closed-Captioning Sources for Digital Programming
• Digital 1 is the primary caption source.
• Digital 2 is the suggested choice for alternate languages.
• Digital 3 through Digital 6 are undefined at this time.
Who Provides
Closed Captioning?
ManyTVs support closed captioning through the RF and baseband inputs.
When your HDTV-to-set-top connection is through the YPrPb port or the DVI
port, closed captioning is decoded and displayed by the Explorer set-top.
Does My TV
Support Closed
Captioning?
Closed captioning is text on the TV screen related to the programming being
viewed. What you see is an abbreviated version of the actors’ dialogue and
indications of important background sounds. For sporting events, closed
captioningprovides realtime play-by-play descriptions from the announcers.
Closed captioning is provided for those requiring assistance understanding and
enjoying sound.
What Is Closed
Captioning?
Closed Captioning

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Control theAudio
Volume While
Closed Captioning
Is Turned On Or Off
1. Press Settings twice to access the General Settings menu.
2. Scroll to Audio:Volume Ctrl. There are two setting options:
•Fixed – The Fixed setting controls the audio volume through the TV and
enables you to have closed captioning turned on or off while listening to
the programming audio.
•Variable – The Variable setting controls the audio volume through the
set-top and enables you to have closed captioning turned on or off
while listening to the programming audio, or you can have closed
captioning on while the set-top audio is muted.
3. Select either the Fixed or Variable setting.
Closed Captioning
1. Press Settings twice to access the General Settings menu.
2. Scroll to CC:Source.
3. Press to access the STD (analog) and digital source options.
4. Scroll through the options and select the recommended sources:
Std CC1 and Digital 1.
Choose a Closed
Captioning Source
Turn Closed
Captioning
On and Off
You can turn closed captioning onand offat any timethrough the Quick Settings
menu.
1. Press Settings to access the Quick Settings menu while watching TV.
2. Turn caption on or off.
3. If you chose the Fixed setting for the audio volume:
A. Scroll to Caption Off/On.
B. Press to access the options.
C. Scroll through the options and press Select to set your choice.
4 If you chose the Variable setting for the audio volume:
A. Scroll to Caption Off/On/On with Mute.
B. Press to access the options.
C. Scroll through the options and press Select to set your choice.

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Closed Captioning
Change the
Background
Shading and
Color
Change the Background Shading
1. Scroll to CC:Background.
2. Press to access the Shading column.
3. Press and to scroll through the options. There are five
backgroundshadingoptions:
•Clear — allows video to be seen behind the captions
•Slight — shows both the background and the video behind it
•Solid — hides the video behind the captions
•Flashing — a solid background turning on and off at a rate
determined by the caption provider
•Default — the background is determined by the caption provider
4. Select your choice.
Change the Background Color
1. ScrolltoCC:Background.
2. Press to access the Color column.
3. Press and to scroll through the several color options.
4. Select your choice.
Change the
Look of Closed
Captioning
Depending on the program or caption provider, you may or may not be able to
change how the closed captioning looks on the TV screen.
1. Press Settings twice to access the General Settings menu.
2. ScrolltoCC:Options.
3. Press to access the CAPTION STYLE column.
• If you selected the Set by Program option, the style is set by the caption
provider for each program, and you cannot change the settings.
• If you select the Set by Viewer option, you can use the instructions in the
remainder of this section of the guide to change the caption styles.
The following instructions make the following assumptions:
• You have accessed the General Settings menu by pressing Settings
twice.
• The caption style setting in the General Settings menu is Set by Viewer.
Note: You may be able to change the appearance of closed captioning
on most HD channels and on some digital channels using the proce-
dures in this section. Closed captioning on analog channels and on most
digital channels appears on the screen with white letters on a black
background,and the format cannot be changed.

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Change Style of
the Characters There are eight font styles to choose from, and they are numbered Style 1
through Style 8. The styles may not look the same on all TVs. Select the
different fonts to see how they look on yourTV.
Change the Text Style
1. Scroll to CC:Characters.
2. Press to access the Style column.
3. Press and to scroll through the options.
4. Select your choice.
Change the Shading
and Color of the
Characters
The shading and color options for the text (characters) is the same as for the
backgroundshading and color.
Change the Character Shading
1. Scroll to CC:Characters.
2. Press to access the Shading column.
3. Press and to scroll through the options.
4. Select your choice.
Change the Character Color
1. Scroll to CC:Characters.
2. Press to access the Color column.
3. Press and to scroll through the options.
4. Select your choice.
Closed Captioning
Record HD Programs If the program contains closed caption information, it will be recorded by your
VCR. When the tape is played back, turn on the closed captioning feature on
your TV to view the captions.
Note:An HD program records to your VCR in SD (standard definition) format.
Change the Size
of the Characters Change the Character Size
1. Scroll to CC:Options.
2. Press to access the Text Size column.
3. Press and to scroll through the options (Small Text, Medium Text,
LargeText,Default).
4. Select your choice.

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